Map Reference: Kilmoluaig m
Name Type: house
Meaning: House belonging to Hector of the Coll
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Information:Built by Eachann a' Cholla, and latterly lived in by his daughter Janet - Morag MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig 12/20 There were three brothers - Eachann, Dùghall and Iain - and they owned a schooner called the 'Coll Castle' which was at sea on the night of the Tay Bridge Disaster. Eachann had children Angus (the father of Iain Aonghais), John (both of these became blacksmiths), Teòt, Calum and Janet - HMcP.
The family were known as Criùtha [the crew of ] Eachainn a' Choll - IMcK.
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Languages : GaelicInformants: Norman MacIver, Kilmoluaig, 12/1993
Informant 2: Hector MacPhail, Ruaig, 4/1994
Informant 3: Iain MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim), Kilmoluaig, 2/1996
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